COSTA RICA FISHING: SALTWATER
When you think of Costa Rica fishing, what comes to mind? 200 pound tarpon on the Caribbean? Gigantic marlin in the Pacific? Magnificent fighting swordfish. Tasty tuna or red snappers? OK, maybe you’ve heard a few stories. But I bet you have no idea just HOW MANY KINDS of hungry, battling, and sometimes huge saltwater fish are waiting for your Costa Rica vacation fishing adventure. Take a look for yourself (I know I’ve forgotten some, sorry).
Black Grouper Common up to 40 pounds and may attain weights exceeding 100 pounds Black Sea Bass Bluefin Trevally Cobia Common up to 40 pounds and may attain weights exceeding 100 pounds Flounder Gag Grouper Gray Snapper Jack Crevalle Can reach 40 pounds King Mackerel Ladyfish Permit Common up to 25 pounds but can weigh up to 40 pounds Pompano Redfish Sheepshead Snook (several species) Can reach 50 pounds Spanish Mackerel Sea Trout Sailfish Common up to 7 feet. Tarpon (Editor's note: No Costa Rica fishing trip is complete without going after Silver Kings) If you fish, you HAVE to go to Tortuguero click
Other Tuna (several species) Wahoo Blue Marlin Common up to 11 feet White Marlin Common to 8 feet Black Marlin Can reach 1,500 pounds Striped Marlin Mutton Snapper Bonefish Dorado (Mahi Mahi or Dolphin) Common to 40 pounds and can reach 90 pounds American Shad Yellowtail Snapper Greater Amberjack Common up to 40 pounds and can reach more than 80 pounds Swordfish Large swordfish are all females, males rarely exceed 200 pounds Red Snapper Roosterfish Shark Barracuda Costa Rica Fishing World RecordsIt’s kind of mind-boggling to consider the incredible variety of saltwater gamefish you'll find on your trip to Costa Rica.I bet you’d make the Guinness Book of World Records if you caught just one of each of these critters (you’d probably have to make more than one trip to Costa Rica). And, along the way, you’d have a good chance at catching a world record fish. Why? Because this tiny country regularly produces world records. And why are so many big ones here? Because the word’s gone out in the fish world: fishing in Costa Rica is pura vida! Where’d they hear it? In school, of course. That’s why so many schools of fish are here. Home of the big ones.
Costa Rica world records salt water fish
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